Degrees of comparison-1

DEGREES OF COMPARISON:
COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY
COMPARATIVE OF INFERIORITY
COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY
SUPERLATIVE OF INFERIORITY
SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY:
affirmative
SUJ/PRON. + V. TO BE + AS + ADJECTIVE + AS + ...
This chair IS as comfortable as that one.
My habits ARE as healthy as they were last year.
Negative
SUJ/PRON. + V. TO BE + NOT + SO + ADJECTIVE + AS + ...
AS
I do not feel so happy as my friend.
Your heart is not so (as) funny as mine.

AS AS
Tão Quanto
I am as happy as you.

DEGREES OF COMPARISON:
COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY
COMPARATIVE OF INFERIORITY
COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY
SUPERLATIVE OF INFERIORITY
SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

COMPARATIVE OF INFERIORITY:
SUJ/PRON. + V. TO BE + LESS + ADJECTIVE + THAN + ...
It IS less cold today than it was yesterday.
Your heart IS less complicated than you think.
My games ARE less interesting than theirs.
His work IS less satisfactory than hers.

LESS THAN
Menos Que
She is less rich than you.

DEGREES OF COMPARISON:
COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY
COMPARATIVE OF INFERIORITY
COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY
SUPERLATIVE OF INFERIORITY
SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY:
SUJ/PRON. + V. TO BE + ADJECTIVE + ER + THAN +
She IS taller than me.
Tommy IS nicer than his brother.
Hot air IS lighter than cold air.
Carnival IS funnier than Christimas .
Exceções: JUST – REAL – WRONG - RIGHT

COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY:
SUJ/PRON. + V. TO BE + MORE + ADJECTIVE + THAN +
He IS more famous than me.
Love IS more important than money.
Diamonds ARE more expensive than gold.
Bus IS more confortable than Truck.

More/ER THAN
Mais Que
She is more intelligent than me.
We are lighter than Jô Soares.

Pay attention:
Aplica-se o ER quando:
1º - adjetivos monossilábicos;
2º - terminados em –er, -y, -le, - ow, - ou com
Acento tônico na 2ª sílaba.
Ex: Clever, pretty, simple, narrow, polite, etc...
Aplica-se o MORE quando:
1º - adjetivos dissílabos;
2º - terminados em –ed, -ing, -re, - ful, - ous com
Acento tônico na 1ª sílaba.
Ex: Famous, charming, obscure, hopeful, fertile, etc...

Pay attention 2:
Aplica-se o MORE quando:
1º - adjetivos com mais de duas sílabas;
Ex: difficult
Aplica-se o ER quando:
1º - adjetivos terminados em –E aplica-se apenas o -R;
2º - terminados em consoante precedida por
uma só vogal;
dobra-se a consoante final.
Ex1: Large – Larger than / Ripe – Riper than
Ex2: Big – Bigger than / Fat – Fatter than

Pay attention 3:
Aplica-se o IER quando:
1º - adjetivos terminados
Em –Y precedido por uma só consoante;
Ex: HAPPY – HAPPIER THAN
LOVELY – LOVELIER THAN
EXCEÇÃO SHY – SHYER THAN

DEGREES OF COMPARISON:
COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY
COMPARATIVE OF INFERIORITY
COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY
SUPERLATIVE OF INFERIORITY
SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

SUPERLATIVE OF INFERIORITY:
SUJ/PRON. + V. TO BE + THE LEAST + ADJECTIVE +
Today WAS the least cold
day of the month.
Mary IS the least old girl in the class.
Kevin IS the least brilliant student here.
This exercise WAS the least easy of all.

DEGREES OF COMPARISON:
COMPARATIVE OF EQUALITY
COMPARATIVE OF INFERIORITY
COMPARATIVE OF SUPERIORITY
SUPERLATIVE OF INFERIORITY
SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY

SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY:
SUJ/PRON. + V. TO BE + THE +ADJECTIVE + EST + ...
She IS the tallest of all.
Tom IS the oldest boy in the gang.
Arthur IS the slowest person the library.
Exceções MOST JUST – MOST REAL
MOST WRONG – MOST RIGHT

SUPERLATIVE OF SUPERIORITY:
SUJ/PRON. + V. TO BE + THE MOST+ADJECTIVE + ...
She IS the most famous singer of all.
John IS the most just king of europe.
Exceções MOST CHARMING –
MOST OBSCURE – MOST HOPEFUL –
MOST FERTILE

THE CLEVEREST;
THE PRETTIEST;
THE SIMPLEST;
THE POLITEST.
Pay attention:
THE LARGEST;
THE RIPEST (maduro);
THE FATTEST;
THE BIGGEST;
THE HAPPIEST;
THE LOVELIEST;
THE SHYEST.

GOOD
BAD (ILL)
LITTLE
MUCH / MANY
NEAR
FAR
OLD
LATE
BETTER THAN
WORSE THAN
LESS THAN
MORE THAN
NEARER THAN
FARTHER THAN
OLDER THAN
LATER THAN
adjective Comparative
of superiority
THE BEST
THE WORST
THE LEAST
THE MOST
THE NEAREST
THE FARTHEST
THE OLDEST
THE LATEST
Superlative
of superiority